Curriculum Overview for Year 4 Spring Term 2016
English
 Reading – daily reading in class
 Fiction
 Non-fiction: information texts,
recounts, explanation texts
 Myths and legends (Egyptian)
 Fairy tales & play scripts
 Non-chronological reports
 Persuasive writing
 Poetry
Art & Design
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Writing
Fiction – story writing
Non-fiction
Retelling and interpreting myths
and legends
 Creating a play script from a
familiar fairy-tale
 Persuasive letters
 Poetry to perform
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Grammar
Inverted commas
Paragraphs
Adverbials
Frontal adverbials
Suffixes
Prefixes
Weekly spellings
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Hieroglyphics
Design & Technology
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Mathematics
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Number & Calculation
Place value to 4 digits
Adding 2 to 3 digit numbers
Contract addition
Counting-on subtraction
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Double & halve 2 & 3 digit numbers
Multiplication tables & division
Adding & subtracting 1,10,100,1000
to 4 digit numbers including money
Expanded decomposition
Grid multiplication
Division – chunking
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Geometry & Measures
Circles and radii
Properties of polygons
Properties of triangles
Properties of 3-D shapes
Time – analogue & digital
Conversion of measures to 1
decimal place
Co-ordinates
Time
Negative numbers
+ and - money
 Fractions & Decimals
 Fractions of amounts
 Equivalent fractions
Science
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Living things
Humans
Living things on the River Nile
Electricity
Hydro-electric power
Visit to Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station
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Languages
Catherine Cheater Scheme - Spanish
RM maths
Research (Egypt)
Graphs and charts (Numeracy)
Espresso (science)
Geography
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Building a pyramid
Mummification!
Carving hieroglyphics
Modern
Computing
Continents of the World
Countries in Africa
River Nile
Tourism
Aswan Dam
Music
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Handel`s Water Music
History
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Ancient Egypt
Timelines
Pharaohs
Pyramids
Hieroglyphics
Tutankhamen
Mummies
Physical
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Salford City Leisure
Education
Religious
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Education
Come and See Programme
Local Church
Parish community
Eucharist
Lent/Easter
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